Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District
This research was carried out to explore causes of high dropouts and poor enrollment at primary school level in district Chagai Balochistan. The purpose of this study was to explore the Dropout & Low Enrolment causes, their interdependence and interconnectivity to be able to have a clear picture and find out recommendations and solutions of these issues. Governments in all tear are working harder and spending a lot of money to counter the present alarming situation in primary education, but results are not satisfactory. The research revealed that most of the parents 34.5% were illiterate, while 33.3% having matriculation or less education and 78.8%, distance as reason, 42.2% while 38.9% low family income, and 48.8%. Further, affecting factors identified as; poverty, illiteracy and non-availability of schools, lack of basic facilities, multi-grade teaching and access issues have a strong relation to low
enrollment and high dropout.
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Causes, High Dropout, Poor Enrolment, Chagai
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(1) Gul Khan Naseer Baloch
Ph.D. Research Scholar, Sindh Development Studies Centre, Sindh University, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Ghulam Ali Jariko
Dean, The University of Modern Sciences, Tando Muhammad Khan (TUMS), Sindh, Pakistan.
(3) Shahab Uddin Mughal
Ex-Director, Sindh Development Studies Centre, Sindh University, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA : Baloch, G. K. N., Jariko, G. A., & Mughal, S. U. (2023). Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(II), 388-398. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).35
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CHICAGO : Baloch, Gul Khan Naseer, Ghulam Ali Jariko, and Shahab Uddin Mughal. 2023. "Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II): 388-398 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).35
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HARVARD : BALOCH, G. K. N., JARIKO, G. A. & MUGHAL, S. U. 2023. Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 388-398.
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MHRA : Baloch, Gul Khan Naseer, Ghulam Ali Jariko, and Shahab Uddin Mughal. 2023. "Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 388-398
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MLA : Baloch, Gul Khan Naseer, Ghulam Ali Jariko, and Shahab Uddin Mughal. "Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.II (2023): 388-398 Print.
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OXFORD : Baloch, Gul Khan Naseer, Jariko, Ghulam Ali, and Mughal, Shahab Uddin (2023), "Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II), 388-398
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TURABIAN : Baloch, Gul Khan Naseer, Ghulam Ali Jariko, and Shahab Uddin Mughal. "Causes of High Dropouts & Poor Enrollment at Primary School Level in Balochistan: A Case Study of Chagai District." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. II (2023): 388-398. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).35